Breathless Page #2

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- Come here!

- Oh, no! Go away, Jesse!

You're wrong, you know! Las Vegas

was real life. This here's a holiday.

Then go back to Las Vegas!

A highway patrolman is on the critical list

at Mercy Hospital, Barstow,

after a shoot-out in the Mojave Desert.

He was found early this morning near

a car stolen in Las Vegas yesterday.

The assailant is believed

to be heading for Los Angeles.

A jacket with a wad of money

but no billfold was left at the scene.

- Here we go.

This is where you wanted

to get out, isn't it?

- Here?

- Oh, yeah. Right. Thanks.

- Thanks a lot.

- OK.

Hello, little honey! Tolmatchoff around?

Thank you.

Hey, kemo sabe!

How ya doin'? Hello, kid.

Hey, sheik.

- Got my money?

- He dropped it off yesterday. Back here.

So what's happening

at the kasbah this week?

- I don't know. How's Vegas?

- Great! I met a little girl.

- We're going to Mexico together.

- So you're on the lam again.

Here you go. Payday.

Said to tell you it was a slick job.

He's ready to go again any time you want.

Wait a minute. What is this? Cheque?

This fuckhead,

he couldn't send me some cash?

I don't know, man. I'm just

an innocent bystander. You know that.

- What am I gonna do with a cheque?

- Those guys play it strictly legit.

- Can you cash it for me?

- Not today. All my breadski's tied up.

- What about Berrutti?

- Saw him yesterday in Venice.

He is rolling in cash. Give him a call.

- Tolmatchoff, got the charts?

- Just a second, boss.

So, tell me. Who is this lovely

young thing you came to see?

French girl. Schoolgirl. Great girl.

Kills me!

Yeah. Is Berrutti there?

What time's he gonna be back?

Well, look, tell him... Tell him that...

Tell him Jesse's looking for him.

I'll call back later.

Bye.

There's something else about her,

you know. Something in her eyes.

French, you know?

- God! You're such a f***-up!

- Yeah, I know.

Adis, amigo.

Tolmatchoff!

I told you I smelled something!

- Hello, Lieutenant.

- Enright and me were reminiscing.

Remember when you turned in

your buddy Johnny Goddard?

- You guys needed some help.

- It's gonna happen again.

Jesse Lujack? Also known as Jesse

Lee Burns. Also known as Jack Burns.

Five ten, 160 pounds. Age 28.

Medium-length brown hair.

This dump is his last known

place of work. Street punk.

So what? I know him. He worked here.

Made some deliveries a few years ago.

- So has he been around here lately?

- No.

Lieutenant, this person you're looking for.

- Is he kind of a seedy Vegas boy?

- Yeah, maybe.

Thinks he's cute.

Somebody like that just left.

Bingo!

Accessory to murder!

You know what that means!

Hey, kid. Take those home

and put 'em on your boots.

Hey, wow! Thanks!

Anaheim, San Diego,

Tijuana, points south!

Didn't you have

a different car in Las Vegas?

Yeah. That one's in the shop getting fixed.

This one's just a loaner.

Good wind, huh?

It's so hot. You like it?

Yeah. The hotter the better.

Gotta love those Santa Anas, honey!

Just stokin' up the fires!

Where you goin'?

Downtown. Bonaventure Hotel.

Come on, get in. I know a short cut.

Come on.

Come on.

Open up, honey,

it's your lover-boy me that's a-knockin'

Why don't you listen to me, sugar?

All the cats are at the high school rockin'

Time to get your boppin' shoes

- You know who that is, don't you?

- Yeah. You told me in Vegas.

Another crazy man. Lee Lewis?

Another crazy man? Another crazy man?

No! This is the one, the only,

the original, the true Jerry Lee Lewis!

Listen to this guy! He means it!

Can't stop, won't stop, never stop! Wow!

Jerry Lee - he's burnin'! B-B-Burnin'!

- What's so funny, honey?

- You! Those clothes!

You don't like 'em? I'll take 'em off!

No! Stop!

What happened to the blue suit

you had in Vegas?

- Blue suit?

- Yeah. Your lucky suit.

It wasn't the suit that was lucky.

It was you.

When you walked out,

I started rolling fool's dice.

Fool's dice. Snake eyes.

Double zero.

You roll dice too much.

You think that, huh?

You think maybe I was rollin' dice

when I should have been rollin' you?

Rockin' at the high school hop

Because they're jumpin'

at the high school hop

We're rollin' at the high school hop

- I gotta make a stop.

- But my appointment!

It's all right. It'll just take a minute.

What is this place?

Friend of mine,

a guy who owes me some money.

He's got kind of an office here.

I like it. It's very sinistre.

Sinister! Spooky!

Can we get something to eat?

Sit down.

Order anything you want, all right?

Arcadia! Servicio, por favor!

I'll be back sooner than trouble.

I don't care if your mother got syphilis.

I want my money.

Carlito.

I'll call you back.

T ests loco, qu t haces aqu!

What are you doin' here? Are you crazy?

I was out in Pasadena all day

looking for Berrutti.

The man's been around looking for you!

Twice they've been around!

- For me?

- Yeah! For you!

- What for?

- Cos you shot a cop. What do you think?

This is serious business! You think

you're Jesse James? A pistolero?

"Come and get me, copper!"

No, man. It wasn't like that.

Sh*t! I gotta find Berrutti!

- Can you cash a cheque?

- Cheque?

Forget it. Loan me 10. Give me 10.

Are you crazy? I ain't got no $10!

I got a buck 80 to my name!

I'll give you a bus pass, man.

Good for the whole month.

You with Jesse? Let me introduce myself.

Hey! Hey, give me back that purse!

There's nothing in there for you!

Give me that purse! Give me it!

Give me that purse, junkie! Help!

Sh*t! Sh*t! Agh! Sh*t!

That's my sapphire!

Hey, there's nothing in there!

There's nothing

in that purse for you, junkie!

- Come on. You don't wanna be late.

- What?

- Come on.

- Wait! My taco!

- Don't wanna miss your appointment.

- Can we go fast again?

What is it?

Jesse, it's so cute!

That's my heart. Don't break it.

- I'm staying with you tonight.

- Not tonight. I can't.

I just wanna sleep with you.

Be nice to wake up together, wouldn't it?

I told you. I can't, Jesse.

I want to know who this joker is

you got this appointment with.

He's a professor of mine. It's business.

- He's helping me get a job.

- Yeah. Gonna sleep with him?

You Americans, you only think about sex.

Sex?

I'm in love with you!

You love me, too. You'll see.

Stop! It's over there.

- I'm gonna park. I wanna meet this jerk.

- No! Let me out!

Get outta here! Go on! Beat it!

Get away from me! Get lost! Get outta

here! I don't wanna see you any more!

- Monica!

- Oh, hello, Paul.

Hey, great timing!

What a dump!

You know Frank Lloyd Wright?

This is Frank Lloyd Wrong!

Sorry you had to take the bus.

I had to chauffeur the famous little guy!

- Is he here? The great Dr Boudreaux?

- Yeah. I told him all about you.

You look terrific!

Really alive!

You really oughta see yourself!

- The wind - it's exciting.

- The wind?

The wind often is exciting.

It's so windy, the wind.

Tonight you're gonna meet Dr Boudreaux.

I want you to charm the guy.

I know that you can.

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